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Competition in Services and Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms:Does Liberalization Matter?
No full textIn developed economies, services firm an increasing proportion of inputs employed by manufacturing firms. While downstream firms act in a very competitive environment, services often operate in protected or highly regulated markets. In this paper, I empirically investigate whether the degree of competition in services affects the efficiency of manufacturing firms through services production inputs. By using both firm and sector level data for France, through input-output analysis I show that variations in the upstream competition, especially in network industries, affect the average productivity level in manufacturing industry: an increase in average markups is associated with a reduction in manufacturing productivity. The findings differ according to firms size and initial efficiency level: in the short run less efficient and small firms are relatively mostly hfirmed by an uncompetitive service sector
Essays on firm efficiency with imperfectly competitive input markets: an empirical analysis
No full textIn the thesis I exploit an empirical analysis on firm'�s productivity. I relate
the efficiency at plant level with the input market features and I suggest an estimation technique for production function that takes into account firm'�s liquidity
constraints. The main results are three. When I consider services as inputs for manufacturing firm�'s production process, I find that more competition in service
sector affects positively plant�s productivity and export decision. Secondly liquidity constraints are important for the calculation of firm'�s productivity because
they are a second source of firm's heterogeneity. Third liquidity constraints are important for firm'�s internationalizatio
Rapporto tra patologia renale e funzione cardiocircolatoria: aspetti di terapia conservativa dell’insufficienza renale cronica del cane
No full textMedicina d'urgenza: il trasporto sanitario del PET. Aspetti burocratici ed organizzativi
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